The US District Court Southern District of New York rejects settlement between online search provider and copyright owners in the digitized books sector (Google Books Settlement)

US District Court Southern District of New York, Google Books Settlement, 5 Civ. 8136 (DC), 22 March 2011

Google Books Settlement Rejected*
Some of you will recall that roughly a year ago I wrote a post on the Google Books settlement (“Google Books Settlement: It's the search market stupid!”) in which I argued that the only competitive problem, if any, posed by the amended settlement related to the search market. [In that post we also directed you to the transcript and a very good summary of the fairness hearing (Part I ; Part II) which may allow you to better understand all subsequent developments].
Yesterday, Judge Chin, of the Southern District of New York, issued an

Read one article for free

Author

Quotation

Alfonso Lamadrid De Pablo, The US District Court Southern District of New York rejects settlement between online search provider and copyright owners in the digitized books sector (Google Books Settlement),
22 March 2011,
e-Competitions March 2011, Art. N° 36433